Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-20
ENGL aND's HOLIDAY.
Outline OF. the Coming Events Of Queen
Xictnria,s .IuhiIea.

Outline OF. the Coming Events OF Queen
Victoria's Jubilee.
Record UnioR's Special C1bleQrdna-C Copyri1bfed
bg the NelC York Tribune.l
LONDON, June 19th.-The Prince of Wales
will preside at the royal banquets, which
will be given at Buckingham Palace on
Wednesday and Thursday Members
the royal family in London and all lmperia
and royal visitors from abroad will attend
Lady Salisbury's party at the Foreign Of
fee, on Wednesday, and Lady Rosebery's
party, at the Lansdowne House, on Thurs
day. The Prince and Princess of Wales
will otficiate as host and hostess at the
evening party to be given at the Buck
ingham Palace on Friday. On Saturday
all the royalties will go to Windsor, where
they will be banqueted in st. Georges Hall
The Queen will give a royal luncheon
party at Buckingham Palace tomorrow at
3 P. NJ, and at half-past royal banquet
to the ambassadors and certain foreign
Ministers and their suites. The royal vis-
itors will join the company al 10, when the
suites wtll be formally presented. Lord
in attendance. The Queen takes strong
interest in the niinutest details of the
Tuesday ceremonial.
The India Princes have been strictly en-
joined to appear in their native dress, and
the Queen of Hawaii has been requested to
come in Honolulu costume.
Some weeks ago | alluded TO q rumor in
diplomatic circles concerning the Jubilee
arrangements which pro es 10 have been
too true. Ii has been intimated 10 the
Kings. Knights, Princes and Princelets that
the royal hospitalities will cease on the
Oath, and after that date they must shift
for themselves. The Kings, Knights,
Princes and Princelets have proved equal
to the occasion, and have intimated to the
ambassadors and diplomats that they will
have 10 provide for their entertainment
The corps diptomdtique is not particularly
elated at the prospect.
At the last moment the Queen took very
strong and decided views as to the pro-
priety of placing a limit on jubilee honors,
decorations and promotions, and the lists
sent in by the departments were in almost
every case ordered to be reduced by ten
names. As the honors in question have
already been offered and accepted, the diff
culties in which Secretaries of State have
found themselves can &c well imagined.
Inc rope HaS sent tue queen one OF the
most splendid pieces of mosaic ever seen
as jubilee gift. 1t is perfectly admira-
bic copy of Raphaels representation of
Poetry, which is one of the most wonder
full art treasures in the Vatican The Pope
feels special interest in the jubilee, as
early in the Queens reign. when he was
Nuncio at Brussels, he more than once met
her Majesty and Prince Albert when they
were visiting King Leopold. He pleased
them SO much that he was invited to visit
them in London.
Miss Lawson's arrangements for the Lon
don children's Jubilee are now complete.
and eclipse in minuteness of detail Lord
Latham's official programme. Her chart
of Hyde Park, with the ten tents, is almost
picturesque, and Spiers & Pond issue sort
of blue-oook, where everything is regu-
lated, from $1,000 jubilee buns down to
9,e0o gallons of jubilee ginger beer
and lemonade. The lady superintendent
of the tents have been singularly
fortunate in securing willing assistants
and politics have been once more forgotten.
for George Curseon, Robert Spencer. Lady
Leconfield and Baron Ferdinand join
| hands to assist Lady Roseberv. Lady
Hayter has enrolled under her banner La
dies Galloway and Elcho, Mrs. Henry
Manners, Mrs. Oppenhim and Louise
Rowton